Henry Campbell Sentenced to Die by Electric Chair
Henry Campbell a 61 year old civil engineer and self styled physician was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to die in the electric chair on July 15. He confessed to narcotic use and said he met Milfred Mowry through matrimonial ads and married her in Elkton Maryland. The trial disclosed a history of financial reverses, multiple marriages, and prior embezzlement terms with a final deadly assault near his New Jersey home after driving her northward from Baltimore. Mrs Roselea Campbell the wife attempted to reach him but was restrained by attendants and swooned.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Kenry
Colin Campbell
Milfred Mowry
Roselea Campbell
Marence E. Case
Campbell
Chicago
Close
Montclair
New York
Australia
Folsom Prison
California
Auburn
N. Y
Elkton
New Jersey
Mowry
Murder suicide verdict in double death case in New Jersey
Coroner's jury in Moorestown returns verdict of murder and death by own action after inquest into Ruth Monday Wilson and Horace Roberts Jr. Both from prominent families, the pair were found with gunshot wounds in Wilson's bedroom. Roberts shot Wilson and then killed himself while mentally deranged. A letter from Wilson, read at the inquest, linked the break in engagement to the tragedy.
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Moorestown
N. J
Ruth Monday Wilson
Horace Roberts Jr
Miss Wilson
Roberts
Roberta
Burlington County
State Supreme Court
Joseph L. Bodine
Misa Wilson
Mary Hoopes
Chambersburg
Wilson College
Imposes Heavy Terms on Returned Fugitives
In Moundsville West Virginia on June 13 Judge James F Shipman gave harsh sentences to fugitives who escaped state prison or camps. Four received two to five years eight others two years each and one one year Tom Vinson escaped to visit wife and baby but surrendered five days later Jesse Calloway a Black man at liberty five hours drew two years.
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Moundsville
W. Va
James F. Shipman
Marshall County
Tom Vinson
Jesse Calloway
Liberty
Maine coastal flight logs show navigational progress
By the Associated Press the June 13 report traces a flight starting from Old Orchard Beach Maine at 9:08 am Eastern Time passing Matinicus Rocklight off the coast by 10:13 am and reporting at 5:45 pm from Wytheville at latitude 41 9 north, 49 40 west, noting coordinates and progress.
Change of venue asked in Hamilton hearing
Amarillo Texas June 13 Hearing on a motion for a change of venue in the case of R H Hamilton Amarillo lawyer charged with murdering his son in law Tom Walton Jr May 4 was continued to tomorrow after court overtime. Sixteen witnesses testified they heard threats of violence against Hamilton after the shooting. Walton was shot when he entered the lawyer s office to tell of his secret marriage to Hamilton s daughter. The wedding occurred while the couple were at the University of Texas in Austin together.
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Amarillo
Tex
R. H. Hamilton
Tom Walton Jr
Hamilton
Young Walton
University of Texas, At Austin
Controversy Over Death Probes and Federal Officers
Washington reports two treasury agents were declared justified in shootings while Representative Schafer of Wisconsin calls the killing of Henry Virkkula an assassination and seeks a federal inquiry with a $25 000 appropriation. Treasury notes officers act in line of duty with weapons due to dangerous duties.
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Washington
Treasury
Fenn Tate
Prohibition
Doran
Lowman
Archibald Bugeter
Detroit
Jonah Cox
Cox
J. J. Thompson
Silver City
New Mexico
Thom
International Falls
Henry Virkkula
EK. J. White
Armas
Florence P. Kahn
California
Ziegfeld and Goldwyn Form Picture Combine
New York June 13 Florenz Ziegfeld and Samuel Goldwyn announce the formation of the Ziegfeld Goldwyn corporation to produce musical shows for the audible screen. The company will make all talking color singing and dancing films and release its first picture through United Artists where Goldwyn is an owner member. Work begins in Hollywood in January.
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New York
Florenz Ziegfeld
Samuel Goldwyn
Ziegfeld-Goldwyn Corporation
Audible Screen
United Artists Corporation
Goldwyn
Ziegfeld
Hollywood
Wolverton and Shott Visit Hoover at White House
Representative John M. Wolverton and Hugh Ike Shott, both West Virginia lawmakers, called at the White House to confer with President Hoover this morning. The subject of their talks was not disclosed.
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Washington, D. C
John M. Wolverton
Hugh Ike Shott
West Virginia
White House
Hoover
American craft crashes in land during take off
Weather reports call the North Atlantic conditions near perfect as radio broadcasts note a Yellow Bird over a U S steamer. Lotti to broadcast on 600 meters after crossing 1000 miles.
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U. S
North Atlantic
Lotti
Monoplane Yellow Bird Over A Mer de Ocean Report
The monoplane Yellow Bird passed over the American steamship Culver at 5 45 p m reporting position 41 09 north 49 40 west about 850 miles east and slightly south of Old Orchard. The aviators had been in the air eight and a half hours averaging about 100 miles an hour. The Wytheville left Norfolk June 8 bound for Rotterdam reporting 460 miles east of Cape Henry June 10.
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Theville
Sea
Acne Press
Culver
Old Orchard
Cape Sable
Wytheville
Norfolk
Rotterdam
Cape Henry
French Airplane Crashes After Takeoff From Old Orchard
Old Orchard Maine June 13 three young Frenchmen in the Yellow Bird failed to take off on a Rome bound hop. Co pilot Armeno Lotti Jr and navigator Rene Lefevre were involved while pilots Roger Q Williams and Lewis A Yancey escaped injury. A stowaway rumor involves Arthur Schreiber of Portland. The craft flew near Mutinous Rock light before the crash. Page Four.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Atlantic
Paris
France
Armeno Lotti Jr
Jean Assolant
Rene Lefevre
Green Flash
Rome
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Arthur Schreiber
Portland
Condemned Moundsville Man Prostrated After Clemency Denial
Theodore D. Carr of Pocahontas County, set to be hanged for the murder of Lock Sharp, collapsed after learning Gov. Conley refused clemency. His son John visited as Carr awaited execution. the doctor found him sane. Carr’s wife was killed in the same incident during a land rights dispute.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Theodore D. Carr
Pocahontas County
Lock Sharp
William G. Conley
John Carr
Carr
State Supreme Court
Sharp
Manndeville Farmer Dies In Birthroom
Franklin Crow, 76, a farmer from near Manndeville West Virginia, died today in the same room where he was born. He reportedly never left within twenty five miles of the family farm.
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Manndeville
W. Va
Franklin Crow
God Will Save My Boy Says Stowaway's Mother
Portland mother Mrs. Schrieber believes her son Arthur Schrieber 22 stowed away on a monoplane bound for France. A letter found among his belongings was to be opened after the Green Flash departed for Rome, and a peer claimed the two youths flipped a coin to decide who would attempt the stowaway.
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Portland
Maine
Arthur Schrieber
France
Rome
Clark
Exhumation Likely in Stone Family Poison Case
Belair Md June 13 The coroner s inquest into George Stone s death adjourned with a probable jury recommendation to exhume and examine the bodies of George s brother and their father A habeas corpus petition seeks Mrs Stone s release as Baltimore detectives expand the probe into three deaths and Mrs Stone s jail questioning resumes after a collapse and new accusations arise from relatives.
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Belair
George Stone
Hattie Stone
Martin J. Foley
George
Stone
Havre de Grace
Harold E. Cobourn
May Baker
Stone J
Threatened breach among Baptists eases before convention
Denver June 13 On the eve of the Northern Baptists convention a rift over Bishop Francis J. McConnell of the Methodist church and the Federal Council of Churches in America appeared to fade. McConnell was removed as keynote speaker and replaced by Rev Avery A Shaw. he arrived but would not comment on his removal or charges of modernism.
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Denver
Northern Baptists Convention
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist Church
Federal Council of Church of Christ In America
Bishon MccConnell
Avery A. Shaw
Dennison University
Bishon McConnell
Shaw
Bishop McConnell
Old Soak Parrot Sparks Government Pet Import Requests
Washington June 13. The influence of the Old Soak Secretary Stimeon’s pet parrot brought from the Philippines has spread to other departments. Major General B F Cheatham, cartermaster general, faces dozens of tele graphs and cablegrams urging permission to bring the army transported parrot home to the United States. Requests to import pets, often against army regulations, include dogs, cats, monkeys and parrots, with parrots the majority.
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Washington
Stimeon
Philippines
B. F. Cheatham
United States
Brown to Seek Virginia Governor Nomination on Anti-Smith Ticket
Dr. William Mosely Brown professor of psychology at Washington and Lee University says he will run for governor of Virginia if nominated by the anti-Smith faction on June 18 and by the Republican convention on June 26 in Lexington.
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Lexington
William Mosely Brown
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Coal bankers urged to aid West Virginia industry
Washington official Harry L. Gandy appealed to West Virginia bankers at a state convention urging greater cooperation and sales effort by coal operators to stabilize the market. He argued the bituminous industry is vital to the state and the nation, and called the effort a sound business proposition for bankers to support.
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Harry L. Gandy
Washington, D. C
National Coal Association
West Virginia
Bankers’ Convention
Bankers of
Newcastle
Plane Crash Kills Radio Operator in Cuba Incident
A Ford tri motor Pan American Airways plane crashed at Santiago de Cuba on June 13. A. E. Griffith, American radio operator, was burned to death. Pilot W. S. Elmore and mechanic were injured. five passengers injured or burned. Officials blamed inadequate landing field as the plane failed to gain altitude after takeoff. General George Taylor and others were injured in the rescue.
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Santiago de Cuba
Pan-American Airways, Inc
A. E. Griffith
George Taylor
United States Army
Earl Graham
Cuba
Detroit Graphite Company
Lyman Johnson
Havana
Taylors
W. 8
Elmore
A. W. French
Airway
Swedish Birdmen Ready for Fourth Greenland Hop
In Reykjavik on June 13 Swedish aviators prepare for a fourth attempt from Stockholm to New York to reach Greenland. Captain Albin Ahrenberg awaits favorable weather as repairs to their Sverige seaplane show promise. A Junkers radiator issue was investigated but held no weakness during a trial flight.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Sverige
Greenland
Stockholm
New York
Albin Ahrenberg
Junkers
Coroner Jury Blames Wife in Fairmont Slaying
Fairmont West Virginia June 13 A coroner jury found death by pistol bullet fired by his wife Mrs Chloe Humphries in the death of Charlie Humphries June 6 The shooter has been jailed awaiting the September grand jury Police say she admits shooting her husband during a quarrel
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Fairmont
W. Va
Chloe Humphries
Charlies Humphries
Bankers Open 36th West Virginia Convention in Bluefield
The West Virginia Bankers Association opened its thirty sixth annual convention in Bluefield with C. J. Fleming presiding. Highlights include talks by Virgil Highland and Harry Gandy on mergers, cooperation with coal operators, and Federal Reserve profits. John Dickinson was detained. banquet speakers include D E French and R C Teter.
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West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Bluefield
C. J. Fleming
Grafton
Virgil L. Highland
Empire National Bank
Clarksburg
Harry L. Gandy
National Coal Association
Oliver J. Sands
American Bank and Trust Company
Richmond
Highland
Charleston
West Virginia Corporate Fiduciary Society
West
Elk Garden
D. BE. French
Bluefield National Bank
R. C. Teter
Central Trust Company
Fred M. Exiine
Security Bank and Trust Company
Society
Relief to French Post Near Ali Yakoub Faces Plea for Rapid Aid
From Rabat on June 13, reports say 8000 French Foreign Legion shock troops advanced toward the besieged Ali Yakoub outpost, held by about 300 French defenders and three field guns. General Freydenberg expects to relieve the post within 36 hours and strike at the Moorish tribesmen, with casualties listed as eighty killed or missing for June 8-9. Air support from Rich field reportedly dropped 600 bombs as part of the attack.
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Rabat
Morocco
Rich
Soviets Launch War Move Against China
London reports that Soviet Russia has begun direct hostilities against China after raids on Soviet consulates in Manchuria. Troops crossed the Siberian border and outposts were established east of Manchoul with reinforcements by rail. Chang Helao-Liang appeals to Nanking while emergency meetings convene as Russia eyes Manchuria.
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London
the Express Today
Peking
China
Russia
Manchuria
Siberian
Manchoul
Chang Helao-Liang
Chang Tso-Lin
Nanking
Central Executive
Khallar
Hellungkiang
Kirin
Fengen
Outer Mongolia
Ryan Freed on Check Charge in Havre
Paris reports Thomas Fortune Ryan son of John Barry Ryan of New York was released to his lawyer after a Havre arrest on cashing bad checks worth thousands. He likely will return to the United States soon. The judge urged sanitarium treatment as he expressed disappointment and nerves.
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Paris
Thomas Fortune Ryan
John Barry Ryan
New York
Havre
Ryan
United States
Nerous
Harry
Congress Enacts Laws as Bush Aegess Nears
Washington reports a friendly House and hostile Senate moved through Hoover's extra session agenda amid a rush for recess. The House backed the administration farm bill 250 to 113, rejecting the debenture relief plan. The Senate approved census and reapportionment but declined to suspend the national origins immigration quota. Senator Borah proposed sidelining the House tariff focus, signaling fresh tariff battles as conferences aim to report the farm bill tomorrow without the debenture plan. The Senate is poised to back the farm measure, while a Senate tariff debate unfolds ahead of an extended recess into mid August.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
White House
Borah
Idaho
Watson
Indiana
Finance Committee
Senate finance panel defeats move to curb tariff revision
Washington, June 13. A Democratic bid to set aside the house bill and limit tariff revision to agriculture was defeated by the Republican majority on the Senate Finance Committee. King of Utah proposed restricting revision to the farm schedule. Borah urged similar limits. The vote was 11 to 7 against the motion, with party lines strong.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
King
Utah
Hoover Borah
Idaho
Senate
Couzens
Michigan
Congress
Simmons
North Carolina
Tariff Commission
Indapas Donie
Committee On
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Schafer
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Bulletin
Theodore Carr
May
Fred Erwin Beal
National Textile Workers
O. F. Adderholt
Gastonia
N. C
Ers
W Moore
First Presbyterian Church
James Elmer Brown
Joseph Hill
W. F. McAmeny
Old National Bank of
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Edwin Fox
D. R. Richards
Morgantown
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Wheeling
F. D. Drumbeller
Robert L. Archer
Huntington
Harold 8. Martin
C. Rowe
Spencer
J. H. Harshbarger
Milton
W. H. Trustow
Warren A. Wilson
Welch
A. V. Rush
Buckhannon
H. H. Emmett
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C. H. Thompson
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